Huojin's Thread for Messing Around

[Huojin]

So Aegis and I were talking and neither of us really have time to do a shared persistence file, and since I've been messing around in KSP on my own during downtime between my work and assignments, I figured I'd start a separate thread for it.


First thing that's been done is the Orion Communications Satellite network. 5 satellites in 300km equatorial orbit around Kerbin to provide remote coverage in the area around Kerbin. Each satellite has an omnidirectional antenna that covers 5000km around it, as well as a larger satellite dish that covers a range of 5,000,000 km, but we'll need to aim ahead of time.

[Huojin]

The Orion ComSat Network being completed for the time being, an Orion ComSat rechristened the Olympus I was launched into an orbit 3,000 km above Kerbin's equator, as opposed to 300 km.









This satellite is in fact so high above Kerbin, as to be in a nearly geosynchronous orbit, and will remain near the same position above the Kerbal Space Centre for the majority of its mission.



Also, having completed a fairly extensive comsat network, I undertook a new task. To make a space station. Huojin's Thread for Messing Around is proud to announce...

The Molotov Space Station

Currently under construction, the Molotov Space Station (MSS) is a modular space station, and will be completed with various modules flown to the station. The first module, the Huojin Core Module (HCM), is in a 400 km orbit above Kerbin.











The HCM will soon be joined by the Snacks Docking Hub, the Gesar Chemical Laboratory Module, the Orago/Smyg Habitation Module, the McCoy Forensics Module, the Labine Kitchen Module, the Tsaeb Astrophysics Module, the RinKou Cargo Bay, and others yet-to-be-named.

The final rocket stage which brought the Huojin Core Module to its orbital altitude will drop into a lower orbit later in its flight, using what fuel remains to either alter its orbit much further away from the MSS, returning to Kerbin if possible.

[Huojin]

The final stage of the Hecate I launch vehicle, which took the HCM to its new home at 400 km above Kerbin, has completed its deorbiting burn and is preparing to re-enter the atmosphere soon. It will likely be an unobserved deorbit, with the spent stage crashing to Kerbin, likely in the sea.








On another note, if you fancy a module named after yourself and you have a suggestion for what it should be, feel free to post!

[Huojin]

After a great deal of hard work, the Snacks Docking Module has successfully launched from a modified Hecate I rocket, incorporating a smaller "final" stage and a new final stage using a nuclear engine to manoeuvre whilst using the least fuel in the void of space.













On the final image, the rocket parts to the right of the 6-way Snacks Docking Hub will soon detach and be deorbited, freeing up a fifth berthing for upcoming MSS modules.